The Leaked Dobbs Opinion, Explained
The background of the case, the contents of the draft opinion, and potential implications for abortion access and other rights.

The background of the case, the contents of the draft opinion, and potential implications for abortion access and other rights.

To #FlipTheScript means to challenge staid adoption narratives. It necessitates listening to adoptees’ truths, no matter how uncomfortable.

In the United States, the practices of adoption are rarely oriented towards the goals of anti-racism, child-centeredness, and reproductive justice.

Two closed adoptions. Two Black men who weren’t allowed to be fathers to their daughters. One system designed to shut them out.

In adoption, we rarely consider the constraints on autonomy that often preclude meaningful choice.

To insinuate that it is simple to relinquish a child for adoption diminishes the magnitude of the deep loss for the first/birth mother and the adoptee.

The reimposition of the adoption logic is incompatible with reproductive dignity, safety, and justice, and inimical to human rights.

Anti-abortion advocacy and values consistent with Catholic and other conservative religious ideologies are at the core of safe haven laws.
